Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Histoire de la Bible et de l’Assomption de Notre-Dame
France, Paris, between 1390 and 1400
MS M.526. Fol. 014v

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Moses: Passover -- In left column, tree flanked by two buildings, door frame of each painted red. Man standing in each doorway, at right holding small branch with right hand and bowl containing blood with left.
Moses: Plague of Firstborn -- In upper right column, angel, with sword in right hand, striking bleeding head of sleeping man, nude, head on pillow, reclining in draped bed with canopy (?) and side curtains.Pen-flourished initials.